harry_rag

France v England backed England 183/100 Marathonbet 2/1 available 188bet

Long, tough (goes without saying) and with an undoubtedly links feel. Erin Hills will be a stern-test this week. Thunderstorms may soften the course a little more than the USGA would like, but with constant win in-play and a forecast which will see temperatures up into the 28-30 degree Celsius bracket. this is unlikely to become Congressional 2011. However with the purest of A4 Bentgrass putting surfaces and with Mike Davis saying that more putts will be made here than we have seen for a long while at the US Open, we could potentially see a number of players strategising their way around to a mid single-digit under par closing total. As with any US Open I have gone for players who are clearly confident with their driver and approach play, and who have ranked well in the All-Round category in their last appearance. So muy selections are:
Jason Day 14/1, Justin Thomas 33/1, Branden Grace 50/1, Kevin Kisner 55/1, Kevin Chappell 66/1 and Shane Lowry 70/1 

It's 1 each on winners but I'm slightly in front on P&L as my winner was at a fractionally better price! I make it you're 0.27 points down with an ROI of -13.5%.
Early days but I'll do my best to lead from start to finish!

Sunday
Serbia v Wales backed Wales 5/1 Stan James (higher odds available with 188 bet) and over 4/1 widely available(this is more about the high price)
Ireland v Austria backed Austria 41/25 Marathonbet

good luck harry

This week's selection is 1 point on Any England player to score a header v Scotland at 4/1 with Lads.
Not much time for a detailed write up but I'm satisfied this should be much closer to 3/1 and the spread prices for England headed goal minutes make it more like a 5/2 shot.

Norway v  Czech Republic backed Czech Republic 161/100 marathonbet (17/11 available with Unibet and 888 sports)

Well, that went well from a punting perspective! 
Well done to Huddersfield, I'm sure they won't care how they did it!

Good luck guys, golf not really my bag so won't be involved (may have a tilt at the Majors perhaps) but will watch with interest.

Having to settle for a shorter price on that one as don't have an account with them. Sub 2/1 elsewhere. Have had an interest in Denmark's corners squared at 24 with SPIN (5 or more required for a profit).
Good luck. 

Good luck guys, golf not really my bag so won't be involved (may have a tilt at the Majors perhaps) but will watch with interest.

Denmark v Germany backed Denmark 117/50 marathonbet

Orlando City 1 Chicago Fire 9 bet won + £18.5 bank now £439.35

Early Monday 00.30am
Mls
Orlando City v Chicago Fire backed Chicago Fire 37/20 Unibet.(might be better prices available later)  but will be out
Maybe more tomorrow
 

Dybala subbed off on 78 minutes so off to a winning start. 0.75 points up after 1 bet. Off duty now till Thursday, at least in terms of this thread.

Dybala subbed off on 78 minutes so off to a winning start. 0.75 points up after 1 bet. Off duty now till Thursday, at least in terms of this thread.

Portland 6 San Jose 2 bet lost -£10
New York City 6 Philidelphia 9 bet won +£27
total for the above +£17 bank now £420.85

Leave me alone Harry!  

ETA for a spread calculator, 2073 - how's that?  

What, no spread bets? 

Unlucky with your first bet, I see Basel won 4-1.
I've decided to kick things off with 1 point on Dybala not to play the whole match ( Champions League Final) at 3/4 with 888 (under player specials, they've priced up yes and no for a few players).
This may prove to be the shortest priced selection I post in this thread but I think the price should be considerably shorter. I placed this on Thursday night but gave myself time to see if anything made more appeal before deciding to go with it. The price is still available.
You could make a decent case for it being a sub 1/2 shot. He's been subbed off in 7 out of 9 CL starts this season and 29/40 in all competitions.

2 bets for tomorrow
New York City v Philadelphia ko 18.00 backed Philidelphia @ 27/10 Unibet (3/1 available with bet365)
Portland Timbers v San Jose Earthquakes 4am kick off backed San Jose Earthquakes @ 14/5 Stan James

Northern Ireland v New Zealand backed New Zealand 13/5 paddy power,7.45 ko,i think other bookies will price this game up as the day goes on if peeps want to wait for a possable better price,will be some mls bets for early tomoz morning,post them when priced up

ok ive gone early with my pick placeing 1 point(im going to use a quid as a point here if thats ok) on
FC Basil v St Gallen 7.30 pm Friday night Swiss Super League 
Bet.. backed St Gallen +1.5 Asian Handicap 
Bookmaker.. Betvic
Price 1.88
reason....in there last 7 meetings where Basil were the home team and St Gallen were the away(head to head meetings),Basil have only overcome that deficit once,Basil have only overcome the 1.5 deficit in all competitive matches resently in only 2 of there last 8 games,while St Gallen have not been beat by a 1.5 deficit in there last 5 competative games added to this that Basil have only won 1 of there last 5 Super league games having tied the league up this looks like a solid bet
 
 

Good luck! Hope you do well as usual! 

This is probably more about strategy than a system though many of the bets are likely to be drawn from different approaches I take that could be described as systems of sorts.
The inspiration for the title is a tongue in cheek reference to Kevin Pullein who effectively writes two weekly columns for the Racing Post, typically involving one bet a week. Nice work if you can get it, but he does, of course, show a decent profit season after season.
I'm going to see how I fare setting myself the objective of posting one bet a week, a selection that I am particularly confident offers clear value. Let's see just how easy a gig (or not, as the case may be) it is.
I will have the advantage of being able to bet on any sport and on any day of the week, rather than being limited to football on a Saturday. I will, though, have some difficult decisions to make about when to pass and when to post.
There will be a bet most weeks though I reserve the right to pass when nothing makes sufficient appeal. Assuming that happens I may occasionally post 2 selections in a week to keep up the "one a week" average.
Starts tomorrow. The betting week will run from Thursday to Wednesday (Thursday being the start of the weekend fixtures in some sports).
Update 29/08/17 - the approach for the thread has settled into a typical routine of one post a week containing one or more (usually two) fixed odds selections. That will continue in the current style with selections posted at least an hour ahead of the scheduled start time.
I will now also look to post once a week with a particularly strong spreadbetting selection (or selections, though I'd expect a single bet more often than not). The deadline for these will be 30 minutes in advance of the start time (to allow me to include bets on football goalscorers when the post-line up markets have formed). Stakes will vary depending on the volatility of the market, I will be backing the selections to at least £1 per point of the suggested stake. Let's see how it unfolds but it should be no great stretch given the proportion of my bets that are spread bets,